resolvent

[ ri-zol-vuhnt ]

adjective

1. resolving; causing solution; solvent.

noun

1. something resolvent.
2. Medicine/Medical. a remedy that causes resolution of a swelling or inflammation.

resolvent

/ rɪˈzɒlvənt /

adjective

1. serving to dissolve or separate something into its elements; resolving

noun

1. something that resolves; solvent
2. a drug or agent able to reduce swelling or inflammation

Word History and Origins

Origin of resolvent¹

1670–80; < Latin resolvent- (stem of resolvēns ), present participle of resolvere to resolve; -ent

Example Sentences

This general theory of resolvent degree also shows that Hilbert’s conjectures about sixth-degree, seventh-degree and eighth-degree equations are equivalent to problems in other, seemingly unrelated fields of math.

From Quanta Magazine

It speaks to big, unexplored mathematical landscapes in unimaginable dimensions — but it hits a brick wall at the lower numbers, and it can’t determine their resolvent degrees.

From Quanta Magazine

Dr. Pereira and others ascribe to Sulphur a resolvent and liquefacient action.

From Project Gutenberg

Evidently the method gives for L a quadric equation, which is the “resolvent” equation in this particular case.

From Project Gutenberg

The juice is employed for the coughs of childhood and externally as a resolvent for enlarged cervical glands.

From Project Gutenberg

The wife and the big family out at Cospicua, which is near Valletta, seemed to be a powerful resolvent of sentimental ideas.

From Project Gutenberg

As a resolvent friction to indolent tumours and indurations.

From Project Gutenberg